With more than 70 percent of physicians now employed by hospitals and corporations, many physicians are left with little say in how the healthcare industry is changing.
A New Jersey rheumatologist was convicted by a federal jury for defrauding Medicare and other insurers, the Justice Department said in a March 8 statement.
Surgical Care Affiliates’ Texas Health Orthopedic Surgery Center in Flower Mound was ranked the top orthopedic ASC in the country by Newsweek and global research firm Statista.
State regulators granted Steindler Clinic’s planned $19.2 million ASC in Iowa City, Iowa, a certificate of need after a last-minute withdrawal of all opposition to the facility, The Gazette reported March 7.
Physician practice fee-for-service models may help improve patient access to care by reducing specialist wait times, according to a study published March 4 in the American Journal of Accountable Care.
HHS issued blanket waivers of physician self-referral laws that will remain in effect for the duration of the COVID-19 national emergency, which President Joe Biden has recently extended beyond April.